Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Curbing the menace of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Commentary Curbing the menace of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries Chidi Victor Nweneka 1 Ndey Tapha-Sosseh2 and Anibal Sosa3 Open Access Address Medical Research Council Laboratories Keneba Field Station . Box 273 Banjul The Gambia 2Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics The Gambia . Box 3416 Serekunda The Gambia and 3Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics APUA 75 Kneeland Street Boston MA 02111 USA Email Chidi Victor Nweneka - cnweneka@ Ndey Tapha-Sosseh - nsosseh@ Anibal Corresponding author Published 19 November 2009 Received 22 July 2008 Accepted 19 November 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 31 doi 1477-7517-6-31 This article is available from http content 6 1 31 2009 Nweneka et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Several reports suggest that antimicrobial resistance is an increasing global problem but like most pandemics the greatest toll is in the less developed countries. The dismally low rate of discovery of antimicrobials compared to the rate of development of antimicrobial resistance places humanity on a very dangerous precipice. Since antimicrobial resistance is part of an organism s natural survival instinct total eradication might be unachievable however it can be reduced to a level that it no longer poses a threat to humanity. While inappropriate antimicrobial consumption contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance other complex political social economic and biomedical factors are equally important. Tackling the menace therefore should go beyond the conventional sensitization of members of the public and occasional press .
